A drunk university student in Dorset, England, swallowed his room key so his friends could not take him home and put him to bed. A friend tried unsuccessfully to recover the key using the Heimlich manoeuvre. The key, detected on an X-ray the following day, emerged 31 hours later.
From the OddSpot, February 9th, 2008.
A Canadian man intended to propose to his girlfriend on a Caribbean cruise until airport security got involved. Aaron Tkachuk, 24, had to pop the question in an airport queue when security staff found a diamond ring hidden in his carry-on luggage and asked to see what was in the box.
From the OddSpot, March 10, 2008.
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